Intro to Embroidery and Cross Stitch Workshop with Sasha & Halyna
Join Sasha and Halyna for an afternoon learning the basics of cross stitch and embroidery. Rooted in folk handcraft traditions, this introductory workshop grounds participants in stitching as both skill and practice. Participants will learn a selection of foundational stitches while creating a stitch sampler to take home.
All materials are provided, along with tea and an herbal baked good.
Held at Mokosh Ukrainian Weaving Center in New Paltz.
Open to complete beginners.
The Voice She Carried: Female Flute in Ancient Sound -An anthropomorphic flute sculpting series with Koyoltzintli and Sasha Botanica
Join artists Koyoltzintli and Sasha Botanica for The Voice She Carried: Female Flute in Ancient Sound—a four-month sculpting journey exploring ancient feminine sound traditions. Create your own anthropomorphic flute inspired by the Chorrera, the world’s oldest known female flute. Meets monthly Jan–Apr in Rosendale, NY.
Imbolc Gathering
Join us on February 1st in High Falls, NY for an Imbolc gathering honoring the return of the light. Imbolc traditionally marks a seasonal turning point, when winter begins to shift and we start looking toward the coming growing season.
Dan de Lion of Return to Nature (http://www.returntonature.us) will lead a winter foraging and herbalism walk on the land, where among exploring plants, trees and mushrooms, we will be gathering pine to make a warming pine needle tea over the fire, and use that tea to prepare an Imbolc mead together.
Sasha will guide the making of Brigid’s Crosses using willow grown on the property, a traditional symbol of protection and renewal.
Please bring a candle with you to light at the end of the gathering!
Sliding Scale: $35-$65
High Falls, NY (address will be provided once payment is recieved)
Please fill out the form below to let us know if you are interested in joining!
Journeying with the Fly Agaric: Amanita Dreaming Weekend + Ceremony
Join Sasha Botanica and Return to Nature for a weekend centered on Amanita muscaria, one of humanity’s oldest mushroom allies, known for its deep connection to dreaming and altered states of awareness. Through land-based exploration, guided discussion, ceremonial practice, and creative dream integration, participants are invited to ground into place, explore inner landscapes, and translate nocturnal visions into embodied insight. This immersive experience weaves together nature connection, ritual, and art-making to help carry the wisdom of the Dreamtime into everyday life.
Venus Day: A Red Tent Gathering with Sasha Botanica + Diana Wassef
Join Sasha and Diana for a relaxed afternoon at Sasha’s home in Wallkill, NY. Held by donation, this meet-and-greet is a chance to connect outside of our workshops. Enjoy herbal teas, hot chocolate and homemade rose marshmallows. Wear your favorite red clothing and spend a cozy few hours getting to know us and our work.
This will be our first Red Tent Gathering, which is an offering Sasha and Diana are bringing into the community as a space to gather, rest, and connect. Rooted in ancient traditions across many cultures, the Red Tent was a space where women gathered during life’s transitions to rest, share stories, and be held by community. While traditions varied by place and culture, the shared purpose was care and connection.
Each Red Tent Gathering is shaped by the season and the women who attend. Some may feel more social or celebratory, while others are quieter and more reflective. At its core, our Red Tent Gatherings offer a space for community and care—where you can sit together, be heard, and spend time in a supportive, low-pressure environment.
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Wintering Retreat in Napanoch NY
In the heart of winter, Sasha Botanica & Diana Wassef are gathering women for a slow, inward retreat nestled in the mountains of Naponoch, NY. Held in a cozy mountain home set within 130 acres of private land, surrounded by quiet and open space, this weekend is an invitation to soften, slow down, and be deeply cared for—centering rest, presence, and spaciousness.
❋ Nourishing The BodyHomemade meals, herbal blends, and herbal workshops are woven throughout the retreat. Food, tea, and shared moments around the table become part of the care, alongside womb wisdom that supports the body through winter in a steady, grounded way.
❋ Gathering in CommunityWe gather with women in the heart of winter to be together. Sitting in circle, sharing space, and moving through the weekend side by side creates a sense of warmth, support, and quiet connection.
❋ Creative DowntimeWinter invites slowness. Spacious time to rest, journal, sit by the fire, or make with the hands allows creativity to emerge naturally. From emptiness and pause, something soft and true has space to emerge.
❋ Seasonal BodyWhatever phase of life or cycle you are in, the medicine is there. We explore the relationship between the outer seasons in nature and the inner seasons of the body, the cycle, and the moon, deepening awareness through listening rather than fixing.
Sculpting the Sacred: Cycle Wisdom & Creative Ritual
A women’s creative ritual blending menstrual cycle wisdom, fertility awareness, and devotional clay sculpting. Create a goddess or yoni altar figure while exploring cyclical body knowledge in a grounded, hands-on workshop. No art experience needed. Herbal tea and snacks provided.
Ulster County Fiber - Monthly Gatherings
Sasha and Halyna are organizing monthly fiber meet-ups through the winter—a simple, welcoming space to sit down with your project, meet other fiber artists, and pick up new tips and techniques from the community. Bring whatever you’re working on: crochet, knitting, spinning, embroidery etc!
Time: 11am–3pm
Dates:
• January 15
• February 19
• March 19
Location: Gardiner Bakehouse in Gardiner NY
For questions or details, reach out to Halyna at halynashepko@gmail.com or 845-255-5936
Holiday Market at the Cannonball Factory- Hudson NY
The Hudson Valley’s most popular Holiday Market returns Dec 5–7, 2025 at the historic Cannonball Factory! Experience a festive weekend with 50+ curated local vendors, live music, and thousands of holiday shoppers. Enjoy three days of creative gifts, regional makers, and joyful community spirit in the heart of the Hudson Valley.
Artisans Handmade Holiday Market - Kingston NY
Join us for the 6th Annual Artisans Handmade Holiday Market in Kingston, NY on Saturday, November 29 from 11AM–4PM at the Old Dutch Church. Celebrate the season the day after Black Friday with local artists, handmade gifts, and heartfelt connections. Free admission—shop small, meet the makers, and reimagine holiday giving!
Honoring Samhain Gathering
Join us in High Falls, NY for a casual Samhain gathering with community, Qigong, herbal tea, and firelit conversation. Explore the gifts of mugwort as a plant ally for intuition, dreaming, and seasonal reflection.
Forage & Dye Workshop: Black Walnut
This Forage and Dye workshop will feature Black Walnut, which we will gather together and transform into a dye bath. Experiment with silk scraps, ribbons, and yarn on your own lap loom to weave your own textural tapestry - layering together naturally dyed materials to create a piece that reflects the shifting landscape around us.
Herbs to the People Gathering
We are so excited to announce that this year's Herbs to the People Gathering will once again be held at the magical AOOA Farm in Goshen on Sunday September 28th!
We have lots of wonderful presenters, makers and instructors this year including some of your favorites from years past such as Ali Rohde, Robin Rose Bennett, Sasha Botanica, and Liz Neves, some new faces, and special first time guests including Laura Chavez Silverman from The Outside Institute, and Richard Mandelbaum.
Telepathy Training in Nature Workshop
Explore intuitive nature practices in this afternoon workshop in Gardiner NY. Reawaken ancestral ways of sensing, listening, and communicating with the living world.
The Secrets of Alchemy & Yoga: Weekend Retreat with Return to Nature & Sasha Botanica
The Secrets of Alchemy & Yoga: a look at healing through the eyes of the mystics with Return to Nature & Sasha Botanica in High Falls NY September 6–7.
Forage & Dye Workshop: Mulberry
This Forage and Dye workshop will feature Mulberry, which we will gather together and transform into a dye bath. Experiment with silk scraps, ribbons, and yarn on your own lap loom to weave your own textural tapestry - layering together naturally dyed materials to create a piece that reflects the shifting landscape around us.
Herbal Medicine Retreat: Weekend Retreat with Sasha Botanica & Return to Nature in High Falls NY
Weekend herbalism retreat with Sasha Botanica + Return to Nature. Learn plant energetics, harvest herbs, and make topical remedies in High Falls, NY.
Sculpting the Sacred - Friday August 8th
This is an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and explore what it means to embody reverence through creation. The act of sculpting becomes a ritual—rooting us in ancestral memory and awakening a sense of connection to the earth, to our bodies, and to the timeless lineage of those who have created sacred art in devotion.
Telepathy Training in Nature Retreat with Return to Nature & Sasha Botanica
Join Return to Nature and Sasha Botanica for a weekend retreat at Heartsong Sanctuary in High Falls NY, exploring telepathy as an intuitive, embodied way of connecting with the living world. Through a blend of guided practices, partner work, and solo time on the land, we will attune our inner senses to the subtle languages of nature and practice direct, non-verbal communication with plants, animals, elements—and each other.
Sculpting the Sacred
This is an invitation to slow down, listen deeply, and explore what it means to embody reverence through creation. The act of sculpting becomes a ritual—rooting us in ancestral memory and awakening a sense of connection to the earth, to our bodies, and to the timeless lineage of those who have created sacred art in devotion.
Dreaming with Artemisa
Join us for Dreaming with Artemisia, a sunset gathering at Tweefontein Herb Farm on Friday, June 27th.
We’ll gather fresh mugwort from the land and distill it together in Sasha’s copper alembic. While the still simmers, we’ll sip mugwort tea and open space for shared dream conversation.
Please bring a dream to share—one that lingers or perplexes you—and a journal or sketchbook for reflection and creation. You’ll leave with your own bottle of freshly distilled mugwort hydrosol, a gift from the dreaming plant to carry you through the veil.
Dreaming with the Land: An Overnight Retreat for Dreaming and Plant Connection
Dreaming with the Land is an overnight retreat at Heartsong Sanctuary in High Falls, NY, dedicated to deepening our connection to dreams, the land, and each other. Through ritual, plant allies, and shared dreamwork, we honor dreams as sacred messengers and explore their wisdom in community. Slow down, listen, and remember the language of dreaming as a path to insight, healing, and belonging.
Beacon Farmers Market - 6/8
Come visit Sasha at the Beacon Farmers Market, where she will be offering a seasonal selection of foraged and handcrafted herbal products, from wildcrafted tinctures and salves to botanical skincare. Stop by to explore what’s fresh and in season, connect with the plants, and check out the herbal workshops she’s offering this season!
Forage & Dye Workshop: Mugwort
This Forage and Dye workshop will feature Mugwort, which we will gather together and transform into a dye bath. Experiment with silk scraps, ribbons, and yarn on your own lap loom to weave your own textural tapestry - layering together naturally dyed materials to create a piece that reflects the shifting landscape around us.
Sculpting the Sacred
Join us for an intimate sculpting workshop held in the sanctuary of the Goddess Temple. Together, we will work with clay foraged from the land to sculpt goddess figurines, drawing inspiration from ancient Neolithic traditions. These figurines, found across the world, are some of the earliest known expressions of the sacred feminine—embodying fertility, mystery, earth wisdom, and the generative power of life.
Beacon Farmers Market: 5/18
Come visit Sasha at the Beacon Farmers Market, where she will be offering a seasonal selection of foraged and handcrafted herbal products, from wildcrafted tinctures and salves to botanical skincare. Stop by to explore what’s fresh and in season, connect with the plants, and check out the herbal workshops she’s offering this season!
Gathering the Green: Food and Medicine Series – Flower Medicine
Join us for Flower Medicine, the first workshop in the Gathering the Green: Food & Medicine Series. In this hands-on workshop, we will explore the art of cooking, baking and making medicine with flowers—learning how to craft floral honeys, vinegars, and syrups that capture both the beauty and medicine of the blossoms.
29th Annual Spring Wassail at Stone Ridge Orchard
Join us May 3rd and 4th 2025 for our 29th Annual Spring Wassail at Stone Ridge Orchard. Sing, dance, and feast as we celebrate an ancient Celtic Ritual for the coming of spring and the promise of a bountiful harvest! Come join the circle for traditional folk-style dancing to live Balkan music, as we celebrate Djurdjevdan/Herdelzi (St. George's Day.)
Beacon Farmers Market: 4/27
Come visit Sasha at the Beacon Farmers Market, where she will be offering a seasonal selection of foraged and handcrafted herbal products, from wildcrafted tinctures and salves to botanical skincare. Stop by to explore what’s fresh and in season, connect with the plants, and check out the herbal workshops she’s offering this season!
Traditional Skincare – Crafting with Tallow
Before petroleum-based lotions and synthetic stabilizers, our ancestors crafted deeply nourishing skincare from whole, natural ingredients. Tallow—rich in skin-loving fats—was a staple in traditional ointments, healing balms, and soap-making. Join us to reconnect with time-honored skincare traditions and create your own 2oz Herbal Tallow Balm and a bar of Chamomile Tallow Soap to take home.
In this hands-on workshop we’ll explore:
-How to render and purify tallow for a smooth, odorless balm
-The basics of tallow soap making
- How to bend tallow with infused oils for a deeply nourishing, custom balm
Forage & Dye Workshop: Garlic Mustard
This Forage and Dye workshop will feature Garlic Mustard, which we will gather together and transform into a dye bath. Experiment with silk scraps, ribbons, and yarn on your own lap loom to weave your own textural tapestry - layering together naturally dyed materials to create a piece that reflects the shifting landscape around us.
Sasha will also have a Garlic Mustard Pesto for everyone to try! Herbal tea will be provided.
Crafting with Tallow Workshop: Sunday March 23rd
Before petroleum-based lotions and synthetic stabilizers, our ancestors crafted deeply nourishing skincare from whole, natural ingredients. Tallow—rich in skin-loving fats—was a staple in traditional ointments, healing balms, and soap-making.
In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore:
✨ How to render and purify tallow for a smooth, odorless balm
✨ The basics of tallow soap-making
✨ How to blend tallow with infused herbal oils for a deeply healing, custom balm
Tallow is biologically similar to human sebum, meaning it:
✅ Absorbs easily without clogging pores
✅ Provides deep, long-lasting moisture
✅ Contains essential fatty acids (omega-3, 6, 7, and 9)
✅ Is rich in fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K, which promote skin regeneration
✅ Has natural antimicrobial properties
Unlike modern lotions filled with synthetic stabilizers, tallow is a pure, whole-fat skincare ingredient that our ancestors relied on for generations.
Join us to reconnect with time-honored skincare traditions and create your own tallow balm and soap.
$45/person
Click HERE to sign up. Email info@sashabotanica.com if you would like to register but are experiencing financial difficulties - no one will be turned away!
-Limited to 6 attendees-
Traditional Skincare: Crafting with Tallow
Unlike modern lotions filled with synthetic stabilizers, tallow is a pure, whole-fat skincare ingredient that our ancestors relied on for generations.
Join us to reconnect with time-honored skincare traditions and create a luxurious, all-natural balm to take home!
By The Hearth: Mothering the Mother
Join us for a cozy gathering intended to nourish your creativity. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore the art of sculpting goddess figurines using wild-foraged clay, connecting with creativity and the Earth. As you shape your unique creation, you’ll be supported in a warm, nurturing environment with herbal-infused drinks and baked goods lovingly prepared by chef Callie. Callie is a Chef, Doula, Herbalist, Nutritionist, and Mother. She currently resides in Boulder, CO where she works as a private chef and also creates skincare products for her brand, Earthen Hands (https://earthen-hands.myshopify.com/)
This workshop is an invitation for women to come together, embrace their creative flow, and be cared for. Whether you’re experienced with clay or just curious, this is a space to connect, create, and be nourished in every sense.
Sat. Jan 25th 2pm-4pm
Wallkill NY
$75
Children welcome to join!
RSVP: info@sashabotanica.com
By the Hearth: An Evening of Clay & Connection
Join us on the eve of the Winter Solstice for a creative evening by the hearth. Inspired by Marija Gimbutas’ The Living Goddesses, we’ll honor an ancient tradition by sculpting our own Neolithic goddess figurines with both wild foraged and donated clay from The Newburgh Pottery.
Elderberry Elixir Workshop at One With Land
Join us at One with Land in Pine Bush, NY, for a hands-on workshop on crafting your own immune-boosting Elderberry Elixir! Learn how to make a nourishing elderberry syrup with herbal ingredients that support wellness throughout the season. You’ll go home with a bottle of your own syrup and a recipe card, so you can easily create these powerful elixirs for friends and family this holiday season. Perfect for anyone looking to incorporate herbal wellness into their self-care routine!
Click here to sign up!